METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE REGASIFICATION OF LNG ONBOARD A CARRIER - Patent 1478875

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EP 1 478 875 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	24.11.2004 Bulletin 2004/48

(21)	Application number: 02707906.0

(22)	Date of filing: 27.02.2002

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: F17C 13/08, F17C 9/02

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US2002/005913

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2003/072993 (04.09.2003 Gazette 2003/36)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO SI

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Priority:

27.02.2002 US 83920

(71)	Applicant: Excelerate Energy, LLC
	The Woodlands, TX 77380 (US)

(72)	Inventor:
	NIERENBERG, Alan, B. Tampa, FL 33629 (US)

(74)	Representative: Lind, Robert
	Marks & Clerk,4220 Nash Court,Oxford Business Park South Oxford OX4 2RU Oxford OX4 2RU (GB)

(54)	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE REGASIFICATION OF LNG ONBOARD A CARRIER